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Revision Equals Altering Reality

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Michell

I’ve been working on revisions for Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience for a few months now and I had an epiphany: revising a book is like altering reality. Let me explain. When the television series, Sliders aired, I watched every episode religiously. It was always fascinating to me how every world was different due to some distant decision that was different from the one made in the Sliders world. Sometimes the resulting outcome was as small as a gate squeaked/didn’t squeak. Other times the Earth was either destroyed (as we know it) or about to be. All because a key decision was different. Part of the lengthy revision process for me has been because of a decision I made when […]

Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience has been sent to Publisher

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Michell

Let me say one thing before I get into this: No, this is not an April Fools joke. 🙂 I am delighted to be able to announce that I finished polishing edits last night to send the manuscript for Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience to Five Rivers Publishing last night. This book marks probably the darkest chapter in Mik’s life. At least, the darkest so far. Here is the book’s (very brief) description: It’s winter. Everyone’s slowing down, snuggling down. Everyone but the boy superhero of Cranberry Flats. When alien snow circles show up, Mik Murdoch is ready to investigate. But just as he is about to crack the case, a terrible accident throws everything into chaos. Mik must face […]

Huh?!?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Michell

I was going to write a post that asks whether character or setting are more important. That is, I was going to write it until I realized just how BIG a topic that can be. If I were to do it justice, I would probably need to spend a week or so planning and researching it and then several days to write it. Alas, those are days I don’t have. That’s cause there is a butt-ton of stuff going on at Chez Plested. I have made several commitments to various people, the one coming up soonest being the completion of edits and polishing of Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience. I’ve got to say, I’m really happy with the way this […]

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